7 years ago
ICYMI: Black Midi, Hippo Campus, Kyle Craft
ICYMI is a new series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of ...
7 years ago
No guilt in Dräger’s guilty pleasure: listen to his new single, “Wolf”
“I don’t wanna be a sucker/But sometimes I am,” a relatable opening line for a song that’s comfortably 80s in its synth sounds ...
7 years ago
July 24: Wavves, Surfbort @ Industry City
Nothing says summer like your San Diego skate punk alter ego jumping out and biting you in the ass for ignoring that deep-seeded part ...
7 years ago
Procession: Budardy
Procession is a photo column by Allen Ying.
Zach Butler of The Mystery Lights, and Brandon McHugh.
Max Pain and the ...
7 years ago
Premiere: watch Antoine Diligent’s “Nobody Loves U (WYL)”
Photo by Wiljou
If you’ve ever come across the beautifully curated archive of enticing imagery and psychedelic artwork that is ...
7 years ago
Cowgirl Clue’s music is the real icebreaker
Photos and feature by Lola Pistola
The first time I saw Cowgirl Clue live, it was sort of a happy accident. Her song “Utopia” was ...
7 years ago
July 19: Luke Rathborne, SUO, Hennessey @ The Broadway ($12)
After a nearly two year hiatus, Luke Rathborne is back with a brand new track “Depending” just in time for his return back ...
7 years ago
SUO: A few of my favorite things
photo by Monika Oliver
Brooklyn-based musician and artist, Saara Untracht-Oakner (of the surf-rock and roll trio BOYTOY) is set to ...
7 years ago
First Impressions: Whitney’s new record is more acoustic, more lush
I’m incredibly thirsty for new Whitney music (dare I say, even parched). Their 2016 breakout Light Upon the Lake resonates with me ...
7 years ago
I missed out on Miss June and I’m really sad about it
I’d left my camera at home and had to run around in the rain to snatch it up, making me late for another interview and also kind ...
7 years ago
Premiere: In Total Heat’s “On The FM”, joy supersedes fame
Remember what it was like to listen to the radio? It’s crazy to think that there will (probably very soon) come a time when the ...
7 years ago
Midsommar tracks the horrors of an impending breakup
My greatest fear (and I’m sure I am not unique in this) is being alone forever. It’s why I fucking hate breakups. Even if ...
7 years ago
This Week: Muddguts Presents #5
Everyone’s favorite ~kinda-smelly-but-hot-artboi~ gallery turned record label turned concert booker, Muddguts, is back with ...
7 years ago
“Messiah” by Susan Kirschbaum, an excerpt from the chapter in ‘Who Town’
Susan Kirschbaum’s released the cult classic novel, Who Town — a coming of age novel about young artists in New York in the ...
7 years ago
Listen: ‘ANIMA’ – Thom Yorke
Words by Sam Zimmerman
Thom Yorke is a dreamer. As the frontman of Radiohead, he and his band have made waves crafting ...
7 years ago
20 questions with The Beaches
Photos and feature by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
The Canadian outfit The Beaches feels like a mashup of your ...
7 years ago
Anti 4th mixtape
Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of their work here
It feels weird to be “celebrating” our country, so ...
7 years ago
On “Let’s Rock”, The Black Keys don’t do an awful lot of rockin’
We all have at least one of those bands. The bands which we listen to and enjoy, and yet if we were to enter a bar filled with their ...
7 years ago
Photo diary: Chooglin’ part 3
Photos by Julia Khoroshilov. Find more of her work here.
Anthony ...
7 years ago
Premiere: Faux Real’s debut single “Second Sweat”
Single artwork by Maxime Imbert. Feature photos by Cheryl Georgette.
We’re thrilled to be premiering the debut single ...
7 years ago
Launder @ Market Hotel
Feature and photos by Allen Ying.
I first heard about Launder when they played our Cult Citizen showcase in LA, but their 16mm music ...
7 years ago
ICYMI: The Paranoyds, Crack Cloud, Cones
ICYMI is a series featuring new and notable releases you (and we) may have missed
Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of their ...
7 years ago
Night Moves @ Rough Trade
Photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
Ahead of the release of their latest album, Can You Really Find Me (out ...
7 years ago
Alt Citizen + DIY Magazine @ The Broadway: Computer Magic, The Muckers, Nyssa
Photos by Julia Khoroshilov (find more of her work here) and Lauren Khalfayan (find more of her work here). Video by Molly ...
7 years ago
July show forecast
New York in the summer can be a little hellish, but hopefully these shows (and their controlled AC environments) will provide somewhat ...
7 years ago
The Raconteurs “Help Us Stranger” is largely lacking in Jack White — and that’s a good thing
I always preferred The Raconteurs to The White Stripes, and if I’m being honest here, I actually prefer The Dead Weather to ...
7 years ago
It’s a strange time to be Reptaliens
Photos and feature by Lola Pistola
Reptaliens most recent album, VALIS, is a little (if not the only) taste of what the band is all ...
7 years ago
Listen: Tampa ‘C’est la Vista’
Following the 2018 release of their charismatic debut EP Quad Americano, rocking Los Angeles-based five-piece Tampa returns with ...
7 years ago
Jane Church summer mixtape
Photo by Michelle Gonzales
While New York is suffering in weird, week long, tropical storm madness, Jane Church has escaped for the ...
7 years ago
Bigger than ever: Mini Mansions take on the world in 2019
Photos by Jessica Gurewitz
Fresh off back-to-back and wildly successful UK and East Coast tours, Mini Mansions took a brief pause ...
7 years ago
Premiere: Exclusively stream Melt’s catchy new EP ‘Sour Fruit’
Hailing from Portland, OR these indie rockers aren’t afraid to get dirty under their flowery melodies. The four members, Jeff ...
7 years ago
Too much tension and beyond with The Mystery Lights
Photos by Allen Ying.
Tensions might’ve been high when The Mystery Lights (TML) were writing their sophomore album Too Much ...
7 years ago
Premiere: DYGL “Don’t You Wanna Dance In This Heaven”
Tokyo born, London bred garage rock band DYGL doesn’t hide its classic rock influences, nor should it. Their debut album was ...
7 years ago
Computer Magic: A few of my favorite things
Sci-fi synth artist/producer Computer Magic (aka Danz) was bringing spine-tingling pop to New York, Japan, and beyond way before ...
7 years ago
Watch: Charly Bliss toys with time in “Young Enough” and I can’t stop thinking about it
It’s been about a week or so since Charly Bliss released the first video since their new album Young Enough has been in our ...
7 years ago
A sugarcoated, champagne filled homecoming with Samia
Feature and photos by Izel Villarba, find more of his work here.
What can I say about Samia that hasn’t already been said? Quite ...
7 years ago
Procession: Banana filling
Photos by Allen Ying.
Flasyd, with Shane Preece filling in on guitar, at Alphaville.
EP / Demos by FLASYD
Muddguts 3D party at ...
7 years ago
Listen: ‘Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest’ — Bill Callahan
Words by Sam Zimmerman
Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest — the new album from legendary folk singer-songwriter Bill Callahan — is, ...
7 years ago
Grapetooth’s Clay Frankel did karate onstage, but doesn’t want to be your frontman
Portraits and words by Monica Kurowski. Live photos by Lauren Khalfayan, find more of her work here.
After selling out their ...
7 years ago
Mixtape: Love, Hope, Sex, Dreams
This is a mix for lazy summer days and nights—grass-stained, sun-fried, day-drunk. Blissed and blitzed in the heavy heat. Heavy ...
7 years ago
Jun 20: Computer Magic, The Muckers, Nyssa @ The Broadway ($12)
Our founder and editor-in-chief, Nasa chatted with DIY about the site, the zine, and our upcoming show with them next week! Check it ...
7 years ago
Very to-the-point “Small Talk” and stained laundry with Briston Maroney
There’s something about straightforwardness in Briston Maroney’s new single “Small Talk” off of the new EP ...
7 years ago
Gov Ball memories
Words and photos by Sam Singh
Before Sunday night’s downpour turned the fields of Randall’s Island into a sodden marsh, before ...
7 years ago
The Muckers release music video for “This Town Will Drag Us Down” ahead of our New York City showcase in collaboration with DIY magazine — June 20
Photo by Julia Khoroshilov. Find more of her work here
New York’s favorite psych-rockers, The Muckers have gifted us with a ...
7 years ago
June 20: DIY Mag x Alt Citizen presents Computer Magic, The Muckers, Nyssa @ The Broadway
They say distance makes the heart grow fonder. Beyond stoked to announce that our friends across the pond at DIY Magazine and are ...
7 years ago
Watch: Girl Band’s “Shoulderblades” is euphoric in an impossible way
It’s been four years since Girl Band put out their debut album Holding Hands with Jamie, and if the single ...
7 years ago
Shows we went to: Sunflower Bean, Beach House, The Muckers
Bringing back an old classic with a new twist. Shows We Went To started it’s online incarnation as a 35mm photo series back in ...
7 years ago
Watch: John Eatherly “All My Love”
Photo by Erik Lee Snyder
You might know John Eatherly best from his time as a part of Public Access TV, but I actually know him best ...
7 years ago
Florist’s “Shadow Bloom” is a heavy search for light
Art by Enne Goldstein, you can find more of her work here
In her latest single “Shadow Bloom,” Florist once again captures a ...
7 years ago
Adult summer camp — a weekend at Welcome Campers
Recently, I spent a weekend at “adult summer camp”, aka Welcome Campers, a music festival in western Massachusetts. ...